Supreme Court Justice Scalia doesn’t like judicial activism  except when he does like it

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Aug 20, 2013 at 3:10 PMAug 20, 2013 at 6:28 PM

Of all the hypocrisies peddled by political conservatives, few are as ridiculous as their avowed antipathy toward so-called judicial activism.

This right-wing bugaboo arises from a principle called “judicial review,” which is the power of a court to review an act of legislation to see if it comports with the U.S. Constitution. For 210 years now, the Supreme Court has claimed the authority to void acts of Congress if they are seen to violate our national charter.

But whenever the high court exercises this authority to strike down an act of Congress that conservatives favor, a great cry arises that ...

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Pat Cunningham

Of all the hypocrisies peddled by political conservatives, few are as ridiculous as their avowed antipathy toward so-called judicial activism.

This right-wing bugaboo arises from a principle called “judicial review,” which is the power of a court to review an act of legislation to see if it comports with the U.S. Constitution. For 210 years now, the Supreme Court has claimed the authority to void acts of Congress if they are seen to violate our national charter.

But whenever the high court exercises this authority to strike down an act of Congress that conservatives favor, a great cry arises that ...

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